Law Framework of the Company Activity

The objective of this unit is mainly covering the fundamental concepts inherent to the legal matters that relate to business reality, as well as their legal systems. In this context, the students should know the main doctrinal and jurisprudential issues which arise in a socio-economic area in permanent transformation. To distinguish accurately the various legal institutes that together make up this branch of law. Easily identify the law applicable to each specific situation in a context of great regulatory dispersion.

1. The general idea of the law
Regulatory orders
The problem of sources of law
The problem of legal interpretation
Genesis of Commercial Law
Characterization of commercial law: the firm as nuclear element
Article 2 of the commercial code
The specific sources of commercial law
Interpretation and integration of gaps in the context of commercial law
2. Part I- Merchant
General issues
The merchant
Qualifier elements of the profession
Constraints and administrative licensing
3. the merchant proprietorships
Status, capacity and incompatibilities
Liability for debts
4. commercial companies
Origin of commercial companies
Elements: personal, patrimonial and teleological
Commercial object
Commercial form Triggering event
The corporate contract
The company as a legal person
5. Part II. Commercial Establishment
6. Part III- Commercial Contracts

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